(24277) Schoch Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Jane Schoch mentored a finalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Kings Park High School, Kings Park, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Schoch is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schoch is 1.99 au from the Sun and 1.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24277 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XQ169 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.74 km (#13,363 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.348 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.34 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.89 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 4.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.880 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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